# 1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

The 1st Short Course Swimming World Championships were organized by FINA and held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, December 2–5, 1993. The meet featured competition in a short course (25 meter) pool. During the championships, a total of 12 world records were broken: 10 in the women's events and 2 in men's events, both in relays.
China won the most events, ten, all in women's events. Le Jingyi won two individual and three relay events to travel home with five golds; Dai Guohong went home with four golds and one silver. In the men's events, the USA and Australia won three events each. Tripp Schwenk of the USA garnered three golds, winning the two backstroke events and also swimming on the USA's winning medley relay team. Also winning 2 events each on the men's side were Fernando Scherer of Brazil (100m freestyle; 400m freestyle relay), Daniel Kowalski of Australia (400m and 1500m freestyles). Belgium and Moldova won their only medals at a Short Course Worlds (through 2006), while Franck Esposito won France's only gold to date when he won the 200 butterfly.

## Participating nations

The 1993 SC Worlds featured 313 swimmers from 46 nations:
* Algeria
* Australia
* Belgium
* Brazil
* Canada
* China
* Colombia
* Croatia
* Cuba
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Ecuador
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* India
* Ireland
* Italy
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Latvia
* Macedonia
* Moldova
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Puerto Rico
* Russia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Africa
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Syria
* Trinidad & Tobago
* Ukraine
* Uruguay
* USA
* Yugoslavia

## Results
### Men's

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m Freestyle details | Mark Foster Great Britain | 21.84 | Hu Bin China | 21.93 | Robert Abernethy Australia | 21.97 |
| 100m Freestyle details | Fernando Scherer Brazil | 48.38 | Gustavo Borges Brazil | 48.42 | Jon Olsen USA | 48.49 |
| 200m Freestyle details | Antti Kasvio Finland | 1:45.21 | Trent Bray New Zealand Artur Wojdat Poland | 1:45.53 | not awarded | |
| 400m Freestyle details | Daniel Kowalski Australia | 3:42.95 | Antti Kasvio Finland | 3:42.98 | Paul Palmer Great Britain | 3:45.07 |
| 1500m Freestyle details | Daniel Kowalski Australia | 14:42.04 | Jörg Hoffmann Germany | 14:53.09 | Piotr Albinski Poland | 14:53.97 |
| 100m Backstroke details | Tripp Schwenk USA | 52.98 | Martin Harris Great Britain | 53.93 | Rodolfo Falcón Cuba | 54.00 |
| 200m Backstroke details | Tripp Schwenk USA | 1:54.19 | Luca Bianchi Italy | 1:55.09 | Stefaan Maene Belgium | 1:55.68 |
| 100m Breaststroke details | Phil Rogers Australia | 59.56 | Ron Dekker Netherlands | 59.95 | Seth Van Neerden USA | 1:00.08 |
| 200m Breaststroke details | Nick Gillingham Great Britain | 2:07.91 ER | Phil Rogers Australia | 2:08.32 | Eric Wunderlich USA | 2:08.49 |
| 100m Butterfly details | Miloš Milošević Croatia | 52.79 | Mark Henderson USA | 52.92 | Rafał Szukała Poland | 52.94 |
| 200m Butterfly details | Franck Esposito France | 1:55.42 | Christian Keller Germany | 1:55.75 | Chris-Carol Bremer Germany | 1:56.86 |
| 200m I.M. details | Christian Keller Germany | 1:56.80 | Fraser Walker Great Britain | 1:58.35 NR | Curtis Myden Canada | 1:59.27 |
| 400 I.M. details | Curtis Myden Canada | 4:10.41 | Serghei Mariniuc Moldova | 4:11.96 | Petteri Lehtinen Finland | 4:12.33 |
| 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay details | Brazil Fernando Scherer Teófilo Ferreira Gustavo Borges José Carlos Souza | 3:12.11 WR | USA David Fox Seth Pepper Jon Olsen Mark Henderson | 3:12.68 | Russia Roman Shegolev Vladislav Kulikov Vladimir Predkin Yury Mukhin | 3:15.56 |
| 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay details | Sweden Christer Wallin Tommy Werner Lars Frölander Anders Holmertz | 7:05.92 | Germany Christian Tröger Christian Keller Chris-Carol Bremer Jörg Hoffmann | 7:08.63 | Brazil Gustavo Borges Teófilo Ferreira José Carlos Souza Cassiano Leal | 7:09.38 SA |
| 4 × 100 m Medley Relay details | USA Tripp Schwenk Seth Van Neerden Mark Henderson Jon Olsen | 3:32.57 WR | Spain Carlos Ventosa Sergio López Joaquín Fernández José Maria Rojano | 3:36.92 | Great Britain Martin Harris Nick Gillingham Mike Fibbens Mark Foster | 3:37.27 |

### Women's

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m Freestyle details | Le Jingyi China | 24.23 WR | Angel Martino USA | 24.93 | Linda Olofsson Sweden | 25.21 |
| 100m Freestyle details | Le Jingyi China | 53.01 WR | Angel Martino USA | 53.39 | Karen Pickering Great Britain | 54.39 |
| 200m Freestyle details | Karen Pickering Great Britain | 1:56.25 | Susie O'Neill Australia | 1:57.16 | Lü Bin China | 1:57.71 |
| 400m Freestyle details | Janet Evans USA | 4:05.64 | Trina Jackson USA | 4:07.49 | Julie Majer Australia | 4:07.91 |
| 800m Freestyle details | Janet Evans USA | 8:22.43 | Julie Majer Australia | 8:26.46 | Trina Jackson USA | 8:27.50 |
| 100m Backstroke details | Angel Martino USA | 58.50 WR | He Cihong China | 1:00.13 | Elli Overton Australia | 1:00.18 |
| 200m Backstroke details | He Cihong China | 2:06.09 WR | Jia Yuanyuan China | 2:07.95 | Cathleen Rund Germany | 2:09.59 |
| 100m Breaststroke details | Dai Guohong China | 1:06.58 WR | Linley Frame Australia | 1:07.65 | Samantha Riley Australia | 1:07.77 |
| 200m Breaststroke details | Dai Guohong China | 2:21.99 WR | Hitomi Maehara Japan | 2:24.45 | Samantha Riley Australia | 2:24.75 |
| 100m Butterfly details | Susie O'Neill Australia | 59.19 | Liu Limin China | 59.24 | Kristie Krueger USA | 59.53 |
| 200m Butterfly details | Liu Limin China | 2:08.51 | Susie O'Neill Australia | 2:09.08 | Petria Thomas Australia | 2:09.40 |
| 200m I.M. details | Allison Wagner USA | 2:07.79 WR | Dai Guohong China | 2:09.21 | Elli Overton Australia | 2:10.51 |
| 400 I.M. details | Dai Guohong China | 4:29.00 WR | Allison Wagner USA | 4:31.76 | Julie Majer Australia | 4:37.50 |
| 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay details | China Lu Bin Shan Ying Jia Yuanyuan Le Jingyi | 3:35.97 WR | Sweden Ellenor Svensson Linda Olofsson Suzanne Lööv Louise Jöhncke | 3:39.41 | USA Angel Martino Sarah Perroni Kristie Krueger Paige Wilson | 3:40.40 |
| 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay details | China Shan Ying Zhou Guanbin Le Jingyi Lü Bin | 7:52.45 WR | Australia Tammy Bruce Elli Overton Anna Windsor Susie O'Neill | 7:56.52 | USA Paige Wilson Sarah Perroni Trina Jackson Janet Evans | 8:02.99 |
| 4 × 100 m Medley Relay details | China Le Jingyi He Cihong Liu Limin Dai Guohong | 3:57.73 WR | Australia Elli Overton Linley Frame Petria Thomas Susie O'Neill | 4:00.17 | USA Angel Martino Kelli King Kristie Krueger Sarah Perroni | 4:01.30 |

### Medal standings

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 10 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Australia (AUS) | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Brazil (BRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 32 | 33 | 31 | 96 |